12 April 2014

[120414.EN.BIZ] HOLCIM-LAFARGE MERGER To Be Final In 1Q/2015

JAKARTA – Effort to merge Holcim
Ltd. with French cement producer, Lafarge SA , is expected to be completed
first quarter in 2015.

In a disclosure to the Indonesia
Stock Exchange, Corporate Secretary of PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk. Jannus Onggung
Hutapea said the strategic step is fully supported by the board of directors
and the core shareholders of both companies.

"The merger is a combination of
the top companies in the developing and developed markets, which are scattered
in 90 countries around the world," he said in an official statement on
Friday (04/11/2014).

According to him, the merger of the
two largest cement companies in the world that aims to create the largest
business group in the building materials industry.

Later, products and services of
LafargeHolcim expected to answer the needs of the building materials industry
dynamics and challenges of increasing urbanization.